Do DoTs of different casters stack?

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Nerva
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Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#1 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:11 pm

I'm curious - I know various effects overwrite one another, but do DoTs from different casters stack and work simultaneously?

Like say two Necros drop Curse of Undeath Rk. I and Desolate Pyre on an enemy - will the enemy take damage ticks from both? Will one get ignored? Or will one get overwritten outright?

I ask because today I was working with another necro in PoFire, and it seemed my DoTs were being overwritten by his.
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#2 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:47 pm

Looks like no, real shame as I thought the project added it.
Just checked the emu change log and didnt see much in it about necros or dots stacking.
Real shame because I remember a time when shards of dalaya added dot stacking.
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#3 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:31 pm

I remember that all way back before PoP SOE made different caster dost stack.. I am surprised EQEMU never coded this in...

"- DoT spells cast by different players on an NPC now stack (Sept. 4 2002)"

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches.html
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#4 » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:12 am

Hey Chaos how hard would this be to get working?

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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#5 » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:15 am

I thought this was working correctly. I've never had a problem with dots being overriden by anyone, nor anyone mentioning it happening.

Either a recent change has reverted this (we are updating to emu code), or something went wonky server side, or I was completely mistaken from the getgo.
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#6 » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:39 am

Grey wrote:Hey Chaos how hard would this be to get working?


I have no idea honestly - this is heavy coding department. This was suppose to be working all along from day 1. maybe some recent code changes made a glitch somewhere, or maybe this was a one-time fluke
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#7 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:31 am

Looks like I'm gonna have to find another necro to test this with. Admittedly, my original post was anecdotal, just from one experience working with a necro in PoFire. I haven't done any hard testing here.

I intend to correct that... tomorrow. For now it's nearly 2:30 AM and I think "sleeping" is what I'm supposed to be doing right now.
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#8 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:05 pm

If you don't find anyone else, I can probably help you out tonight (8ish central) assuming the baby cooperates.
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Nerva
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Re: Do DoTs of different casters stack?

Post#9 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:50 pm

Just finished testing this with another necro in my guild.

If two casters attempt to stack the same DoT on a target, the latest cast overwrites previous casts.

Here's a screenshot. Notice that, after I cast my Desolate Pyre, you see no more ticks from Kazien's; that's because mine cancelled his, just like his cancelled mine earlier.

BTW, thanks for the offer aabamzen.
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Malarath - Lv70 Froglok Necromancer, 700+ AAs, progress T7-2
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Szakadar -Lv70 Iksar Monk, 100+ AAs, progress T5

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